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Emeril's Delmonico: A Restaurant with a Past. By Emeril Lagasse. William Morrow. $29.95. Emeril's famed Creole restaurant in New Orleans not only has a past (one that predates him), it has a future, despite Hurricane Katrina.

At Home with Betty Adelman Farmhouse Blossoms Amid the Heirlooms; Flower Grower Takes Care with 1881 Home

Betty Adelman is the kind of woman who likes to dig into things. As the owner of Heritage Flower Farm, 33725 County Road L, in the Town of Waterford, she digs into soil and plants heirloom seeds. As her flowers grow and bloom, she digs into their history. And after she purchased an Italianate farmhouse in1992, she dug into a renovation and expansion and surrounded the home with the heirloom plants she loves.

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Get cooking with kitchen remodeling There's nothing like "before and after" photos to provide inspiration when you're planning to remodel or update a room. Perhaps that's because the "befores" look so much like our homes now that we can immediately relate to their neediness. The "afters" look so perfect and polished, we can't help but want to get started right away.

Empty Nesters; Spread; Their; Wings; When Kids; Fly Away, Boomer Parents Redecorate; for Their; Own Needs

For years, Elaine Posard looked at her youngest child's bedroom with longing. She knew the room had much potential, though it was buried underneath years worth of wrestling medals, computer cords and bobblehead figures. So when that son, Marek, graduated from college this year, Posard gave herself permission to indulge her decorating visions. She packed his old belongings into boxes and stored them in the basement, scrubbed away the accumulated dirt including an old piece of pizza stuck face...

By Request; Vienna Torte Cashes in with Rich Sweet Flavor Vienna Torte Hits the Jackpot with Rich, Sweet Flavor

Anita H., Wauwatosa, and Toni Miller, Milwaukee, sent recipes for Vienna torte for Debbey Fischer, Oak Creek, who asked for a recipe similar to the kind made by Ripples Bakery. She said the torte was made with raspberries, had a light pastry cream filling and a light outer icing. Anita H. wrote: "Here is the recipe that has been in our family for more years than I care to count."

Finding New Uses for Old Nests

In "The House to Ourselves: Reinventing Home Once the Kids Are Grown," co-authors Todd Lawson and Tom Connor offer several suggestions for renovating the home. Among them: -- The house as a retreat: Create the getaway you've always dreamed of, making use of nearby water, adding private passageways and adding fireplaces.